Moving key folders to a new drive

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  1. Sirus804
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    Moving key folders to a new drive


    I recently got much help from this forum (thank you) about a driver issue I had. The best solution was to get a new HDD to reinstall windows. I got a new 1.5TB HDD and 16gb SSD. I installed Win 7 on the SSD and formatted the the new HDD. My main issue is the SSD is running out of memory abnormally quickly. I find myself running CCleaner every 30 mins... I don't know where the memory is coming from.... Windows takes up 12gb so that leaves me 4gb. I'd like to transfer any major folders like My Documents, etc so I can leave my drive at 12gb and everything else go on my completely empty 1.5tb drive. Suggestions? Thanks.
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  3. xarden
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    Sounds like you want to move the profile to another location?
    Have a look through the tutorials section, in particular this one
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  4. Sirus804
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    I love how it's 4am and I can get a reply almost instantly on this forum.. I'll check out the tutorial, thank you.
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  6. xarden
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    Its 1am here. Cant sleep.
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  7. ignatzatsonic
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    If you don't use hibernation, get rid of the hibersys file. It uses a bunch of space.

    I think the command is:

    powercfg -H off

    run it from an administrator prompt.

    That's a teeny tiny drive for Windows. Good luck.
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  8. Sirus804
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    Wow... turning off hibernate cleared 3 gbs... thanks... I'm gonna read xarden's tutorial in the morning.. too drunk atm... xD
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  10. alphanumeric
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    System restore will eat up space as time goes by too. Running disk cleanup will trim it down but I think using that small a drive for windows will end up being a recurring headache.
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  11. richnrockville
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    I would not recommend a small drive like 16gig for a boot drive in windows xp or 7. You are not going to be happy for long as it does boot fast but running out of space will always be a problem as windows insists on putting lots of files/logs on the C drive.
    BTW, how much did you pay for the 16gig ssd and what kind is it?

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  12. Golden
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    alphanumeric said:
    System restore will eat up space as time goes by too. Running disk cleanup will trim it down but I think using that small a drive for windows will end up being a recurring headache.
    I agree - with a small SSD like yours, I would turn System Restore off. Of course, you now won't have the ability to roll back to a previous good restore point if you run into problems, but you can counter that by regularly using a free imaging application like Macrium Reflect.
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  13. xarden
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    Sirus804 said:
    Wow... turning off hibernate cleared 3 gbs... thanks... I'm gonna read xarden's tutorial in the morning.. too drunk atm... xD
    Brink's tutorial
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